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Prairie coreopsis flowerheads occur alone or in pairs on 1/2-2" long peduncles attached to the ends of stems. Each flowerhead is about 2" across with 8-12 ray florets; two prominent longitudinal veins divide each ray floret petal into thirds. The disc florets are tubular with 4-5 lobes; they are initially yellow, but turn brownish with age.

Coreopsis

Coreopsis palmata

prairie coreopsis [Blooms: Jun-Jul]

Plains coreopsis flowers are 1-2" across, with 6-12 (usually 8) ray florets, each with three lobes at their tips (center largest). The ray florets are sterile, typically yellow at their tips, transitioning abruptly to a maroon color more basally. The disk florets are perfect (have both anthers and pistils), reddish-brown to maroon with the florets at the edge of the disc with bright yellow highlights (either the anthers on the fused stamens or the split stigma of the pistils); individual florets have four teeth/lobes. The involucre of the flowerhead is often reddish-tinged, particularly obvious when cupping the developing seedhead.

Coreopsis

Coreopsis tinctoria

plains coreopsis [Blooms: Jun-Oct]